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151
Citations
60607
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132
National Ranking
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F. Dean Toste publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where F. Dean Toste sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 453 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

F. Dean Toste D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where F. Dean Toste sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 151 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

F. Dean Toste is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with significant contributions in subfields such as Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's work encompasses a variety of topics including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes

Toste's contributions are published extensively in several scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Chem

Selected recent papers by F. Dean Toste feature work published between 2020 and 2021. These include:

  • Advances in supramolecular host-mediated reactivity, 2020, Nature Catalysis
  • Homogeneous Gold Redox Chemistry: Organometallics, Catalysis, and Beyond, 2020, Trends in Chemistry
  • A heterogeneous iridium single-atom-site catalyst for highly regioselective carbenoid O-H bond insertion, 2021, Nature Catalysis
  • Data Science Meets Physical Organic Chemistry, 2021, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Catalytic Dynamic Kinetic Resolutions in Tandem to Construct Two-Axis Terphenyl Atropisomers, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent collaborators in F. Dean Toste's research include Kenneth N. Raymond, Robert G. Bergman, Matthew S. Sigman, Christopher J. Chang, and Elad Gross.

F. Dean Toste has been recognized by membership and fellowship in notable scientific organizations. They became a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2020 and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Ligand effects in homogeneous Au catalysis.

    David J. Gorin;Benjamin D. Sherry;F. Dean Toste

  • Relativistic effects in homogeneous gold catalysis

    David J. Gorin;F. Dean Toste

  • Advances in catalytic enantioselective fluorination, mono-, di-, and trifluoromethylation, and trifluoromethylthiolation reactions.

    Xiaoyu Yang;Tao Wu;Robert J. Phipps;F. Dean Toste

  • Supramolecular Catalysis in Metal–Ligand Cluster Hosts

    Casey J. Brown;F. Dean Toste;Robert G. Bergman;Robert G. Bergman;Kenneth N. Raymond;Kenneth N. Raymond

  • A powerful chiral counterion strategy for asymmetric transition metal catalysis.

    Gregory L. Hamilton;Eun Joo Kang;Miriam;F. Dean Toste

  • Exploiting non-covalent π interactions for catalyst design

    Andrew J. Neel;Andrew J. Neel;Andrew J. Neel;Margaret J. Hilton;Matthew S. Sigman;F. Dean Toste;F. Dean Toste

  • The progression of chiral anions from concepts to applications in asymmetric catalysis

    Robert J. Phipps;Gregory L. Hamilton;F. Dean Toste

  • Modern Approaches for Asymmetric Construction of Carbon–Fluorine Quaternary Stereogenic Centers: Synthetic Challenges and Pharmaceutical Needs

    Yi Zhu;Jianlin Han;Jiandong Wang;Norio Shibata

  • Asymmetric electrophilic fluorination using an anionic chiral phase-transfer catalyst

    Vivek Rauniyar;Aaron D. Lackner;Gregory L. Hamilton;F. Dean Toste

  • Recent advances in enantioselective gold catalysis

    Weiwei Zi;F. Dean Toste

  • Gold(I)-catalyzed stereoselective olefin cyclopropanation.

    Magnus J. Johansson;David J. Gorin;Steven T. Staben;F. Dean Toste

  • Gold(I)-Catalyzed Intramolecular Acetylenic Schmidt Reaction

    David J. Gorin;Nicole R. Davis;F. Dean Toste

  • Gold(I)-Catalyzed Conia-Ene Reaction of β-Ketoesters with Alkynes

    Joshua J. Kennedy-Smith;Steven T. Staben;F. Dean Toste

  • Gold(I)-catalyzed enantioselective intramolecular hydroamination of allenes.

    Rebecca L. LaLonde;Benjamin D. Sherry;Eun Joo Kang;F. Dean Toste

  • A bonding model for gold(I) carbene complexes.

    Diego Benitez;Nathan D. Shapiro;Ekaterina Tkatchouk;Yiming Wang

  • Development of Catalysts and Ligands for Enantioselective Gold Catalysis

    Yi-Ming Wang;Aaron D. Lackner;F. Dean Toste

  • Redox-based reagents for chemoselective methionine bioconjugation

    Shixian Lin;Xiaoyu Yang;Xiaoyu Yang;Shang Jia;Amy M. Weeks

  • Synthesis of 2-cyclopentenones by gold(I)-catalyzed Rautenstrauch rearrangement.

    Xiaodong Shi;David J. Gorin;F. Dean Toste

  • A supramolecular microenvironment strategy for transition metal catalysis

    David M. Kaphan;David M. Kaphan;Mark D. Levin;Robert G. Bergman;Robert G. Bergman;Kenneth N. Raymond;Kenneth N. Raymond

  • Non-Oxidative Vanadium-Catalyzed CO Bond Cleavage: Application to Degradation of Lignin Model Compounds

    Sunghee Son;F. Dean Toste

  • A supramolecular approach to combining enzymatic and transition metal catalysis

    Z. Jane Wang;Kristen N. Clary;Robert G. Bergman;Kenneth N. Raymond

  • Dual visible light photoredox and gold-catalyzed arylative ring expansion.

    Xing-zhong Shu;Xing-zhong Shu;Miao Zhang;Ying He;Ying He;Ying He;Heinz Frei

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert G. Bergman
Robert G. Bergman University of California, Berkeley
Barry M. Trost
Barry M. Trost Stanford University
Kenneth N. Raymond
Kenneth N. Raymond Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Matthew S. Sigman
Matthew S. Sigman University of Utah
Alexis T. Bell
Alexis T. Bell University of California, Berkeley
Gabor A. Somorjai
Gabor A. Somorjai University of California, Berkeley
Christopher J. Chang
Christopher J. Chang Princeton University
Harvey W. Blanch
Harvey W. Blanch University of California, Berkeley
William A. Goddard
William A. Goddard California Institute of Technology
Robert H. Grubbs
Robert H. Grubbs California Institute of Technology

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